The Ukraine government rejected the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) passenger plane crash theory of Iran. The theory suggests it was a human error, but the Ukrainian government doesn't buy the theory, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The government is still waiting for the investigation results, UKINFORM reported.
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Ukraine Disagree With Iran's Theory of Defective Threat-Detection System in UIA Plane Crash
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"I want to clearly emphasize: It is early to say that the plane was shot down as a result of human error, as the Iranian side claims," said Kuleba via AL-MONITOR.
"We have many questions, and we need a large number of authoritative, unbiased, objective answers about what happened," he added.
Kuleba said that it is too early to conclude it was a human error as there are still many questions that require impartial, authoritative, and maximally objective answers to connected to the tragedy--these are the reasons why the government doesn't agree with Iran's theory.
During a briefing on July 14, Kuleba said the issue should be resolved as part of a criminal investigation to establish all the facts needed. Once the investigation is complete, only then Ukraine will accept the provided reason by Iran. He insisted that Iran should compensate for this act following international law since taking down a civilian plane is illegal.
Ukraine said that they will do anything to make Iran pay for what happened. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is currently prepared for legal and diplomatic struggle.
176 civilians killed from the plane crash
The tragic accident of Flight 752 took the lives of 176 civilian passengers after it took-off from Tehran on Jan. 8 going to Ukrainian Capital, Kiev. Iranian fired a missile that took down the passenger plane. The tension between Iran and the United States is already brewing after Iraq retaliated against U.S. airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian commander based in Baghdad.
Ukraine Disagree With Iran's Theory of Defective Threat-Detection System in UIA Plane Crash
Investigations on the cause of the Ukrainian plane crash have launched based on Int. standards & ICAO regulations; Ukraine and Boeing have been invited- as the owner & the manufacturer- to take part in it. We appreciate any country who can provide info to the Committee in charge. pic.twitter.com/62UQsdSf6R — S.A MOUSAVI (@SAMOUSAVI9) January 9, 2020
It took several days before Iran finally admitted that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shoot down the passenger plane of Ukraine. Iranian aviation authorities released a report on July 11, stating that it was an accidental airstrike caused by a human error. Iran claimed that the downing of the passenger plane was caused by communication errors and misalignment of the country's air defense system. The Agence France-Presse said that Iran's Civil Aviation Organization considers the report as factual, but not final, describing the incident as a "disastrous mistake."
To conduct further investigation, Iran confirmed that it would turn over the Boeing 737-800's black box flight recorders to France.
